In this portion, Moshe says that he wished all God’s people were prophets. It has always been God’s intention that we fellowship with God personally. That close connection was lost when Adam and Eve sinned in the garden, but that connection has been restored to some extent now through the gift of the Holy Spirit; believers in Yeshua are commanded to receive the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38-39). It is not true that God did not speak to His people in the Tanakh (Old Testament portion). The entire Tanakh is filled with people encountering God and God speaking to them. Some say that God does not speak any more; has he lost His voice? Remember the story of Elijah and the prophets of Baal. Elijah mocked the pagans because their pagan gods were powerless (1 Kings 18:20-40). The true God is not powerless; your denomination may be powerless, but why should He speak to a people who will not listen to Him anyway and those who just make up their own doctrine?